Since 2014, OSHA inspectors have visited Zoetis, LLC in Illinois 4 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Nov 4, 2015 on a referral, in Chicago Heights.
In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 8 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $35,200; today they stand at $24,640, 30% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 4 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Zoetis, LLC averages $10,920 across 2 cited inspections.
Zoetis, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
413employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the White Hall site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 39 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Zoetis - White Hall, IL
White Hall · 2025
39
0
0
0.0
1.1
Zoetis Chicago Heights Plant
Chicago Heights · 2023
102
1
0
0.9
2.6
Zoetis - White Hall
White Hall · 2019
36
2
1
4.8
1.1
Zoetis
White Hall · 2018
35
0
0
0.0
1.1
Chicago Heights site
Chicago Heights · 2016
105
4
0
3.4
1.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Oct 27, 2015, Chicago Heights: Hospitalization · second degree heat (thermal) burns · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
The injured employee was changing a steam line diaphragm. A second employee turned on the steam and the injured employee experienced first and second degree burns to his back.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
